HERTS, U.K.—AWA Alexander Watson Associates, specialist market research consultants to the packaging, converting and printing industries, reports it's now offering The Global Packaging Market: The Top 100 Players, an "authoritative new guide to the top players in the global packaging market." According to AWA, the study was compiled the investment company Ernst & Young's specialist global packaging team. AWA adds the study contains detailed, five-page profiles of the companies, "set in the context of an overview of the global packaging market and its drivers, current trends, key performance indicators and benchmarking, technological developments, M-and-A (merger and acquisition) activities, and major issues."

Says AWA principal Corey Reardon, "We are pleased to be associated with Ernst & Young in this venture, which provides definitive documentation of the packaging industry leaders, in detail, for the first time. The Global Packaging Market: The Top 100 Players will be invaluable for managers at all levels of the packaging industry value chain as a tool for strategic business decision making."

The Global Packaging Market: The Top 100 Players (published by Packaging News in cooperation with Ernst & Young and AWA) is listed at US$1,200 per copy. Contact AWA in Europe at: